TEMPORARY COURT TO GET $14,118 MORE IN RENOVATIONS

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 27, 1993                   TAG: 9301270117
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: PULASKI                                LENGTH: Medium
TEMPORARY COURT TO GET $14,118 MORE IN RENOVATIONS
Pulaski County will pay $14,118 for additional renovations to the former Hub Furniture building now being used for temporary court facilities.
The county Board of Supervisors approved the change orders in the original contracts Monday night.
Included in the additional work was building a jury box and attorney area for circuit court for $2,492, a $1,300 exhaust fan for the garage area, ceiling work in the domestic relations judge's office costing $745, $370 to bullet-proof a judge's bench, and a variety of other electrical, plumbing and construction jobs.
The 40,000-square-foot building on Virginia 99, vacated by Hub Furniture in 1990, is being rented from Guynn Realty Co. of Galax for $1,565 a month to house the county's court system while the county's brick courthouse is being renovated and expanded to accommodate all court facilities.
The work on the courthouse is projected to take about 15 months and during that time all courts, clerks and the registrar will be located in the former Hub Furniture building originally constructed in 1971.
The total renovation cost to alter the Hub Furniture building into courtrooms and offices has been estimated at $100,000.
In other business, Dan Brugh, resident engineer for the Virginia Department of Transportation, said no traffic light can be put at U.S. 11 and Virginia 643 (Cougar Trail Road leading to Pulaski County High School) because a study found traffic volumes to be marginal and the accident rate low.
The board had requested that a light be considered for that intersection.
Extension Unit Chairman Richard White introduced new 4-H Extension Agent Joan Gaidos to the board. Gaidos, a Northern Virginia native, came here from the Kentucky Extension Service.
She is a graduate of Virginia Tech, with a degree in animal science. She also has a master's degree from the University of Kentucky.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB